Water-closet.



' J. KELLY.

WATER CLOSET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24.

Patented Nov. 19, 191 8.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I J. KELLY.

WATER CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1918.

Patented Nov. 1-9, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED snares PATENT ornrcn.

JOHN KELLY, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATER-CLOSET.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, JOHN KELLY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have: invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Closets,of hich the following is a specification.

My invention relates towater-closets of the type employing a valve-device so constructed and arranged as to be automatically operated to connect the flushing-tank with the water-supply when a weight is placed upon theseat of the closet,-and to close the water-supply to said tank and open the latterfito the bowl of the closet when the weight is removed from. said seat. Structures of this general type employ, as a means for operating the valve-device for effecting the above-described operations, a memberv which, in the depressing of" the seat, forces the valve to a position in hich the watersupply connects with. the flushi11g tank,;and as they have been hitherto constructed, this member was so positioned that in operating the valve-device, the pressure produced against said member oftentimeswwas suffioiently great to impair its connection with the seat and oftentimes, when this connection remained secure, pried loose thehinges of the seat.

My primary object is to overcome this ob I jection by a novel, simple, and inexpensive construction of apparatus.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation, partly broken, of a water-closet constructed in accordance with my invention, showing thev construction in normal position. Fig. 2 is a section taken at the line 22 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrows. F ig.

3 is a section takenat' the-line 3 on- Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4, a view like Fig. 3 showing the parts in the position they assume when the seat of the closet is depressed.

In the particular construction illustrated, the bowl of the apparatus is represented at 5 and may be of the common construction, the portion of the bowl into which the flushing water is introduced being represented at 6. The bowl 5 is equipped with a water connection and valve-housing 7 formed of the hollow section 8 and the tubular section 9. The section 8 is internally screw-threaded at its open end and receives the threaded open Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Application filed May 24, 1918: Serial No. 236,325.

end of the section 9 which extends through the wall of the bowl 5 from the inside thereof at which the section 9 is shouldered,-as represented at 10, the connection 7 being thus firmly secured to the bowl preferably with gaskets 11 and 12 interposed therebetween; and the section 9 containingports 13 in its side-wall communicating. with the inlet 6 of the bowl. The section 8 at its outer end is equipped with branches 1i and 15' ofi'set relative to eachother in a direc- I valves 18 and 19 spaced apart. The valve 18' which preferably, is equipped with a cupwasher-20, is adapted to be moved-into and out of aposition for closing the branch, and thus the water-supply, to the passage 16 in the connection 7 and the valve 19, which cooperates with a port 21 in a partition 22 between the branch 15 and the inner end of the section 8, is adapted to be moved into and out of a position for closing the branch 15, and consequently'the' flushing-tank, to the bowl 5. A coiled spring 23 is preferably provided, this spring surrounding the stem 17 between a shouldered part '24 of the connection 7, and a shouldered portion 25 of thevalve-stem and serving to insure the shifting of the valve to the position shown in Fig. 3, when the weight on the seat of the closet is removed. The inner end of the stem 17, which is preferably equipped with a roller 26, extends into the interior of the bowl through an "opening 27 in the end-wall of the section 9, it being preferred that the stem 17 be equipped with a cup-washer 28' on the inside of the section 9 to prevent leakage. of water through the opening 27 in this I section.

The section 8 is provided with an upwardly-extending lug 29 containing a pin 30 journaled therein, to the outer ends of which plates 31 are secured, these plates being connected with the seat 32 of the closet, as by screws (not shown) extending through screw-holes 33 in these plates and into the seat and serving to hingedly support the seat.

Supported on the connection 7 at the pin 30 is a plate 351 shown as bifurcated at 85, at which portions the pin 30 passes through it, this plate preferably resting upon the upper edge of the bowl 5, as shown. The forward end or" this plate, which is preferably of reduced width, as represented at 36, carries a depending lug 37 containing a pin 38, which pivotally supports a valveoperating rock-member 39 embracing the lug 37 at an opening etO therein. The rock-member 39 is of bell-crank form, its lower leg ll bearing against the roller 26 and its upper leg 42 extending into the path otmovement of the seat 32 in swinging downwardly.

In the normal position of the parts (Fig. 3), the force of the water from the supply and pressing against the valve-device,'aided by the spring 23, holds the valve 18 closed and the seat raised. hen a weight is placed on the seat, it swings downwardly on its hinge and rocks the member 39 to the position shown in Fig. 4, thus shifting the valve-device to the left in Fig. 3, opening the flushing-tank referred to to the watersupply and closing this tank to the bowl 5, the flushing-tank thus becoming charged with flushing-water. When the weight is removed from. the seat 32, the valve-device automatically opens the flushing-tank to the bowl and closes the pipe 14 to the apparatus and the bowl is flushed, the various parts assuming the positions illustrated in Fig. 3.

It will be noted that by providing the valveoperating means as shown and described, the member which directly engages the valve device moves against the latter substantially with a straight line movement, as distinguished from a rubbing action, due to the location of the pivot 38 substantially in the same vertical plane as the point of contact between the member 39 and the roller 26 and thus danger of the parts becoming wedged or otherwise producing undue strain which might imp-air the apparatus, is avoided.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto, as the same may be embodied in other forms within the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1.. In a water-closet, the combination of a bowl, a valve-device for controlling the flushing of the bowl, a hingedly-supported seat arranged to extend above the bowl,

a hinged plate supported on said bowl and extending inwardly into the plane of the interior of the bowl, and a rock-member pivoted on the inner end of said plate and arranged to be actuated by the depressing of said seat and in such actuation operating said valve.

2. In a water-closet, the combination of a bowl, a waive-device for controlling the flushing of the bowl, a hingedly-supported seat arranged to extend above the bowl, a hinged plate supported on said bowl and extending inwardly into the plane of the interior of the bowl, and a rock-member pivoted on the inner end of said plate, said rock-member being of bell-crank form with one end engaging said valve-device and its other end engaging said seat, whereby it operates said valve-device when said seat is depressed.

3. In a water-closet, the combination of a bowl, a valve device for controlling the flushing of the bowl, a hinged seat arranged to extend'above saidbowl, the said hinge. being located at a point adjacentfthe outer; edge of the bowl, a plate supported on said bowl and hinged at a point adjacent the outer edge of the bowl, said plate extending.

inwardly into the plane of the interior of the bowl, and a rock-member pivoted on the inner end of said plate and arranged to be actuated by the depressing of the seat and in such actuation operating said valve.

JOHN KELLY.

Copies of this patent may be attained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, 13. G. 

